Stamp Title: Tibetan Antelopes
Serial number: 2003-12
Values in set: 2
(2-1), Tibetan Antelopes, 80 fen, 40*30 mm
(2-2), Tibetan Antelopes, 200 fen, 40*30 mm

Denomination: 2.80 yuan
Date of issue: 20th July 2003
Designer: Huang Huaqing and Hu Zhenyuan
Size of stamps: 40*30 mm
Perforation: 11*11.5
Sheet composition:
20 for Sheet I
6 for Sheet II
Printing process: Photogravure-engraving
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

Background Introduction:

The Tibetan Antelopes, of the Genus Pantholops Hodgsan, Bavidae, ARTIODACTYLA, is a rare species found on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, ranging mainly in Tibet, Xinjiang and Qinghai of China. Tibetan antelopes inhabit on the plateau steppe 3500-5200 meters high above sea level, and usually move in groups ranging from a handful to over a thousand. The males and females live separately in the season of breeding. The male has long horns of as long as 0.6 meters, so it is also called long-horn antelope. The rich undercoat of the Tibetan antelope consists of soft and fine wool, often in the colour of yellow. Their population used to be more than 100,000, but has been reduced sharply over the past tow decades. It is now the Grade I Wild Animal under Key National Protection of China, and has been included as a species under protection into Appendices I to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.


2003年特种邮票《藏羚》

国家邮政局2003年7月20日发行《藏羚》特种邮票1套2枚。
（2-1）T 藏羚 80分 960万枚
（2-2）T 藏羚 2元 870万枚

志号：2003-12
版别:影雕套印
邮票规格：40×30毫米
齿孔度数：11×11.5度
整张枚数：版式一20(5×4)、版式二6枚（每图各自为1版）（图1、图2）
外型规格：版式一240×150毫米、版式二200×90毫米（发行量53万版）
设计者：黄华强、呼振源
雕刻者：呼振源
印制厂：北京邮票厂

邮票赏析及背景知识介绍：
藏羚—-俗称“黄羊”，哺乳纲、牛科，体长约1.4米，肩高约0.9米，体重80公斤左右，尾短而尖，食草动物。雄羊有角，长而扁，形笔直，又称“长角羊”。栖息在海拔4000–5000米的高山草原。分布只限青藏高原，以羌塘(即藏北高原)为中心，南至拉萨以北，北至昆仑山，东至西藏昌都地区北部和青海西南部，西至中印边界，偶尔有少数由此流入印度境内拉达克，属国家一级保护动物。

为了保护藏羚羊和其他青藏高原特有的珍稀动物，国家于1983年成立阿尔金山国家级自然保护区;1992年，成立羌塘国家级自然保护区;1995年，成立可可西里省级自然保护区(1997年底上升为国家级)。

Knowing China Through Chinese Postage Stamps.